The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 1975
Waning Crescent
16.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 AM
3:48 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.1%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 645
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 203.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -16.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.42° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.94° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.